Sunday July 8, 2012

Today we went back to Yellowstone and did some more running around.  We went back to the Artist Point Lower Falls and took some more pictures with the sun shining unlike the cloudy spiting rain it was yesterday.  Here are example of the two days.

cloudy rainy day

with sun

Next we visited the the Artist Paint Pots which is a thermal formation.  It is a little walk to the 'pots' and then up and around.

Didn't see this till we were on our way out!  It was about a mile and a half trip.

First thermal 

trail we walked on to climb the mountain

 right side looking down on paint pots from the top

left side

different color 'paint pots'

My sweetie and I taken by a nice lady!

Next stop was in the Midway Geyser basin at the Grand Prismatic Springs

boiling hot water from the geyser 

microbe blanket

Excelsior Geyser crater

upclose of bubbling geyser

microbe blanket there were several signs everywhere telling people not to mark the blankets and the idiots wrote there name in the blanket.  Sad!

microbe blanket

prismatic springs with cloud reflection

opal pool  Unfortunately I didn't have another CF card and couldn't get the turquoise pool but I saw it!

Chuck and I visited Old Faithful today also but I must say that after the scenes from today and yesterday I felt it was a little bit of a let down.  I can say I have been there and did see it erupt!!  We had lunch in the cafeteria at the time it went up and enjoyed a fabulous meal!

Chuck enjoyed an Old Faithful beer!

my small portion of turkey and dressing!

After lunch we headed south to the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, WY.  Here was a friend we met along the way and a deer hopped out but I didn't have my camera on ready for her.

Bison

One last picture of the Tetons coming into Jackson Hole, WY

Tomorrow we will be going into the Grand Teton Park and the Teton Forest.